Clemson University
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Occupational and Environmental Safety (OES) is a team of dedicated professionals who provide safety and compliance services to support Clemson University's core mission of research, teaching and public service. They accomplish this through collaboration and partnerships with the Clemson community and are committed to continuous improvement and exceptional customer service.

OES is now utilizing the intuitive SciShield (formerly called BioRAFT) software management system to collect, organize and display real-time safety and compliance information. With SciShield, Clemson University will build a sustainable, protected database of people, spaces, hazards and job activities that will be the foundation for keeping our research community of faculty, students and staff safe across all of our campuses and sites. The majority of all policies and guidelines utilized align, and were set up based off of OSHA standards.

SciShield encompassing the following:

1. Facilities Management: Operations Departments/Group


2. Research Management:
   
   
   
   1. Hazard Category/Assessment Tracking
   
   
   2. Laboratories safety management
   
   
   3. Research area safety management
   
   
   
   


3. Inspections
   
   
   
   1. HAZCOM
   
   
   2. Lab Safety
   
   
   3. Shop Safety
   
   
   4. SPCC
   
   
   5. Assessments: Office/Home
   
   
   6. Greenhouse
   
   
   7. HazWaste: Satellite Accumulation Areas
   
   
   8. Indoor Air Quality monitoring
   
   
   
   


4. ChemTracker
   
   
   
   1. Bulk Edit
   
   
   2. Chemical Containers
   
   
   3. Reconciliation History 
   
   
   4. Group Inventories
   
   
   5. Totals
   
   
   6. Reports
   
   
   
   


5. Research Tools
   
   
   
   1. Document library
   
   
   2. External Links: NIH, OSHA, etc...
   
   
   3. Important contacts
   
   
   4. SDS Search
   
   
   
   


6. Training
   
   
   
   1. Safety training courses online/in-person scheduling
   
   
   2. Records management
   
   
   3. Dashboard
   
   
   
   


7. Equipment
   
   
   
   1. Inspection and maintenance records
   
   
   2. Safety equipment inspections and calibrations
   
   
   
   


8. Incident Tracker
   
   
   
   1. Incident reporting
   
   
   2. Near miss reporting
   
   
   3. Incident investigation
   
   
   4. Data collection
   
   
   
   


9. Medical Surveillance Programs
   
   
   
   1. Respiratory protection program
   
   
   2. Hearing protection program
   
   
   3. Animal contact/blood borne pathogen program
   
   
   4. Immunization/blood test
   
   
   5. Radiation monitoring records
   
   
   
   

All accidents and injuries to employees are tracked by the Risk Services & Insurance office and JJ Keller software is utilized in tracking. With the input of information into the JJ Keller system, OSHA logs are generated for posting throughout the University Departments.  All OSHA log postings are reviewed and signed by the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Tony Wagner prior to departmental posting.  Clemson University also participates yearly in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

URL to the dedicated wed page: https://www.clemson.edu/administration/risk/workers-comp/index.html

Clemson trains all employees and supervisors on their Workers Compensation procedure. All reported injuries are investigated by the supervisor and a “First Report of Injury” is filed regardless of the need of medical attention or not.  Clemson additionally has an accident review board consisting of Risk Service and Insurance, Occupational and Environmental Safety, Enterprise Risk Management, Facilities and CUPD.  The accident review board reviews the accidents, makes recommendations for improvement as well as works with the departments to coordinate training or help provide solutions to problems to make the University and work places safer.